Mexican Protestors Plan Another "Mega March" Still outraged by recent election results and alleged voter fraud, protestors once again prepare to take to the streets this coming Sunday in cities across Mexico.
Mexico's election in early July resulted in protests across the country. Protestors claim vote buying and other voter fraud led to the win by Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto. Supporters of the opposing leftist candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, point to seemingly clear evidence of voter fraud such as ballots marked in favor of PRI the day before elections took place, video interviews of individuals admitting to selling their vote, and pre-paid gift cards which people were given as bribes to use at Soriana Supermarket.
Also in the protestors' crosshairs, television networks such as Televisa and TV Azteca who have not reported on the protests and are accused of being paid for favorable coverage by Peña Nieto. Student protests in Mexico. Mexican election result radicalises student protest movement. Some brought tents and blankets and a few hugged guitars, but by far the most common accessory seen at the 24-hour siege of the broadcasting giant Televisa that began on Thursday were banners accusing the network of trying to "impose" Enrique Peña Nieto as president.
"Televisa: factory of lies," read one held up amid the rows of protesters that faced a wall of police officers around the building. "Weapon of mass manipulation" said another bearing a picture of a television. Thousands march in Mexico City to protest presidential polls results. Internal » News » Asia Thousands march in Mexico City to protest presidential polls results 23 Jul 2012 11:40 Islam Times - Thousands of demonstrators have swarmed the streets of Mexico’s capital to protest the results of the country’s recent presidential elections.
They chanted slogans against President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, accusing him of buying votes, AFP reported on Sunday. They marched through Mexico City, carrying placards that read, "Winning by cheating is not winning at all and is illegal," and, "You launder money, we are cleaning our consciences. " The protesters also called on the independent Federal Electoral Institute to intervene, saying Pena Nieto's victory in the July 1 elections was being "imposed" on the country. "Mexico didn't vote for fraud. The protest march, organized by the #YoSoy132 student movement, drew around 15,000 people, according to a government public security official. Protesters march against election result in Mexico.
Thousands of Mexicans Protest Alleged Elections Fraud. Thousands protest Mexico election. Protest in Mexico Seeks to Overturn Election Results. Mexicans protest against Peña Nieto's election win. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Mexico City on Saturday to protest against Enrique Peña Nieto's apparent win in the country's presidential election, accusing his party of buying votes and paying TV networks for support.
Demonstrators were angered by allegations that Peña Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary party (PRI) gave out groceries, pre-paid gift cards and other goods to voters before the national elections on 1 July. Students, unionists and leftists in Mexico City carried signs reading: "Peña, how much did it cost to become president? " and "Mexico, you pawned your future for 500 pesos.
" Officials estimated about 50,000 demonstrators gathered at the central Zocalo plaza. "The fraud was carried out before (the election), buying votes, tricking the people," said Gabriel Petatan Garcia, a geography student who carried a sign in Finnish. "The PRI threatens many people and buys others with a couple of tacos," said Manuel Ocegueda, a 43-year-old shop worker at the rally.
Mexican leftist refuses to accept election result. By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY Mon Jul 9, 2012 10:52pm BST MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The runner-up in Mexico's presidential election rejected on Monday the final results of the contest and said he had evidence that about 5 million votes had been bought by the winner's political party.
Sunday's official tally said leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who led six weeks of protests when he lost the 2006 presidential election, finished second with 31.59 percent of the vote. That left him about 3.3 million votes behind winner Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) with 38.21 percent. Www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=29&ved=0CG8QFjAIOBQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Flatino.foxnews.com%2Flatino%2Flifestyle%2F2012%2F07%2F10%2Fmexicans-loudly-protest-election-results-mass-media-quiet%2F&ei=ijMdULmYKIXE2gWi3IG4Cw&usg=AFQjCNHFct2Th3.
Mexico's Lopez Obrador says No to Election Protests. MEXICO CITY – Mexico's leftist presidential candidate said Friday that while he plans to lead campaign to annul the results of the July 1 elections, he ruled out the use street blockades and protest camps.
Leftist Andres Manuel López Obrador, who was second in the July 1 elections, said he will hold mass rallies and pursue legal challenges up to the Sept. 6 deadline for electoral courts to rule on the validity of the results. He claims the winner, Enrique Peña Nieto of the old ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, engaged in massive vote-buying and campaign overspending. Peña Nieto's party has denied those allegations and said López Obrador simply refuses to accept his defeat. In 2006, López Obrador lost the presidency by a much smaller margin, and led weeks of street blockades in Mexico City to protest what he claimed had been vote fraud. Thousands Protest Election Results in Mexico City. MEXICO CITY – Thousands of people took part in a march in Mexico City to protest against Enrique Peña Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who was declared the winner of last week’s presidential election.
The march started Saturday at the Angel of Independence monument amid shouts of “fraud, fraud, fraud” and “Andres, hold on, the people are rising up,” a reference to leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Peña Nieto, according to the final tally, won the July 1 presidential election with 38.21 percent of the vote. The results, however, have been challenged amid allegations of massive vote-buying by the PRI. Mexicans in new protest at Pena Nieto election victory. 22 July 2012Last updated at 19:38 ET Pena Nieto's party controlled Mexican politics for most of the 20th century Thousands of protesters have been marching through the streets of Mexico City to protest against the official result of this month's presidential election.
The march was called by a new student movement, "Yo soy 132" (I am 132) which accuses the winner, Enrique Pena Nieto, of buying votes. They also say he arranged favourable coverage from main television network, Televisa. Mr Pena Nieto has rejected all charges. "No to fraud," and "Out with Pena", shouted the protesters in this latest march against the result of the 1 July vote. "Mexico wants a country that is honest and democratic," protester Marlem Munoz told the AP news agency. Tens of thousands protest in Mexico against president-elect, alleging vote fraud. Marco Ugarte / AP Wearng a Guy Fawkes mask, a protester holds a banner that reads in Spanish, "No to another fraud," during a march in Mexico City on Saturday.
By msnbc.com staff and news services Updated at 7:50 a.m. ET: MEXICO CITY -- Tens of thousands of protesters, many holding hand-written placards, marched through the Mexican capital on Saturday against President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto, accusing him of buying votes and paying off TV networks for support. Thousands protest Pena Nieto vote win in Mexico. Media is blacking out largest protest in history of Mexico. Home Occupy New Videos Twitter Feed OccupyWallSt.org OWS – AdBusters OccupyTogether.org.
Mexico: Street Protests Largest in History? Mexican general election, 2012. Citizen voting in the ballot box for president in Mexico City Ballots for voting in Mexico City.
July 1, 2012. A general election was held in Mexico on Sunday, July 1, 2012. Voters went to the polls to elect, on the federal level: A new President of the Republic to serve a six-year term, replacing former President Felipe Calderón.